Hinge.



P. LISIGKE.

HINGE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

1,078,363, Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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SATES FATET OFFICE.

PAUL LISICKE, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HINGE.

Application filed. November 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, PAUL LISIOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges, the object being to provide a hinge, particularly of the butt type, which may be used on trunks, desks, transoms and the like,

or in fact, said hinge may be used or applied to any device where a specific limited movement is desired.

The object is still further to provide a hinge having stopsthereon adapted to limit the movements of the leaves of said hinge which may be almost entirely concealed within the opposed pivotal members, furthermore during the pivotal movements of the leaves of said hinge no portions of said hinge will project beyond the are described by the outer free edges of the leaves of said hinge.

To these ends the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts whereby the above objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view illustrating a hinge embodying my invention in, connection with a trunk, portions of the side and top of said trunk being shown, while the rest is broken away to save space in the drawings. Fig. 2 is a sect-ion, partly in elevation, taken on line 2, 2 of Fig. l viewed in the direction of the arrows on said line. Fig. 3 is a section, partly in elevation, taken on line 3, 3 of Fig. 1 as viewed in the direction of the arrows on said line with the leaves of said hinge swung apart.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 4 and 5 represent portions of a trunk and 6 a hinge comprising two leaves 7 and 8 pivotally connected by a pin 9 in the usual manner. These leaves are preferably constructed of sheet material, thus permitting the same to be readily pressed into shape, although the invention is not limited to this construction, but may be cast or molded in any suitable material.

The leaf 7 is formed from a piece of sheet material by bending the same at 10 to provide the members 11 which are disposed lat- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913. Serial No. 733,336.

erally of or substantially at right angles to the inner face 12 of said leaf 7, said members extending in the direction of the leaf 8. The material from which the leaf 7 is formed is still further bent at the extremities of the members 11 to form lips 13, said lips extending outwardly from the members 11 in the direction longitudinally of the leaf 7, or in other words, longitudinally of the axis of the pin 9. These lips 13 are furthermore disposed obliquely relatively to the face 12 of the leaf 7 and radially relatively to the axis of the pin 9.

The other leaf 8 is preferably formed of sheet material which is bent at 1 1 substantially at right angles to the outer face 15 of said leaf 8 to form the laterallyextending members 16 which terminate at 17 beyond the extremities of the members 11 at the points 17 The material constituting the leaf 8 is again bent forming the'short portions 18 which extend around the ends of the members 11 to points 19 at which points said material is again bent to provide the members 20 which extend backwardly substantially parallel with the members 16 in the direction of the leaf 7 and substantially beyond the outer face 21 of said leaf. While at the extremities of said members 20 lips 22 are formed, the same being radially arranged relatively to the axis of the pin 9 and extending inwardly longitudinally of said axis across the paths of travel of the lips 13 during the relative pivotal move ments of the leaves 7 and 8.

The edges of the members 11 and 20 which are at the greatest distance from the axis of the pin 9, that is referring to the ends of said members at which the lips 13 and 22 respectively are located, are curved at 13 and 22 to conform to the arc described by the movement of the outer edges 26 and 27 of the leaves 7 and Srespectively about the axis of said pin 9, thus preventing any portions of said members from extending beyond said path during the movements of the members 4 and 5 relatively to each other.

The leaves 7 and 8 are secured to their respective members 4 and 5 by screws 23, suit able recesses 2 1 being formed in the member 4: to receive the ends of the members 20 when the hinge is closed, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, while the member 5 is recessed at 25 to receive the U-shaped members composed of the members 16, 18 and 20 of the leaf 8, said U-shaped members constituting pockets or guards for the members 11 and lips 13 when the hinge is closed, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9..

The operation of the hinge hereinbefore specifically described is as follows: The leaves 7 and 8 of said hinge are secured by the screws 23 to the abutting edges of the members a and 5 with their extensions on said leaves resting in their respective recesses. The members 4 and 5 may then be rocked about the pin 9 of said hinge to open the trunk until the lips 13 on the leaf 7 engage the lips 22 on the leaf 8, said lips being arranged at any suitable angle to permit said members 4: and 5 to be rocked to an angle of 45, 90, or any other angle desired according to the locations of said lips relatively to each other. In the present instance however said lips are arranged to permit said members a and 5 to be moved through an arc of 90. Thus the cover of the trunk comprising the members at and 5, may be swung upwardly to a position at right angles to said trunk and be retained in such a position by said hinge without necessitating the use of straps or stops at the corners thereof, which are always in the way and getting caught in the clothing contained therein. As hereinbefore stated, there will be no projecting points on said hinge to interfere with anything contained in said trunk or to catch or injure them in any way.

When it is desired to apply a hinge embodying my invention, as hereinbefore described, to a door the leaves 7 and 8 thereof may be made in two parts, such for instance, as by separating them on the line, 3, 3, Fig. l, and applying one-half of said hinge at the top of the door and the other half at the bottom, or again the leaves 7 and 8 may be lengthened to extend the entire length of a door or cover, all of which would be within the scope of the invention.

I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is: V

l. A hinge comprising two leaves pivotally united along their sides, one of said leaves embodying lips at opposite ends thereof respectively, disposed obliquely to the face of said leaf and extending outwardly longitudinally thereof, and the other of said leaves embodying lips at opposite ends thereof respectively, disposed obliquely to the face of said leaf and extending inwardly longitudinally thereof to engage said outwardly extending lips and limit the pivotal movements of said leaves relatively to each other.

- 2. A. hinge comprising two parallely arranged leaves pivoted together, one of' said leaves embodying a laterally disposed member extending in the direction of the other of said leaves, a lip at the extremity of said member radially arranged relatively to the axis of the pivot of said hinge, said lip extending outwardly from said lateral member longitudinally of said axis, the other of said leaves embodying a laterally disposed. member extending away from saidfirst named leaf to a point beyond the extremity of said first mentioned lateral member, thence around the end of said first mentioned member and backwardly toward and beyond said first named leaf, and a lip at the extremity of said second mentioned memher, said lip being radially arranged relatively to said axis and extending inwardly longitudinally of said axis and adapted to engage the lip on said other leaf to limit the pivotal movements of said leaves relatively to each other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL LISICKE.

Witnesses MARGARET E. HORN,

Having thus described my invention, what SYDNEY E. TAFT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

